According to Gary Gensler, the SEC took a very different view of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, in 2018.
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler recently seemed to dodge questions about whether ethereum and other crypto assets are securities, but he did seem confident in 2018.
A video surfaced on Twitter showing the top regulator giving a speech at MIT. In it, he says that Ethereum is not a security in the eyes of the SEC.